The Date of Christ's Birth

Tradition has fixed the birth of Christ as being on December 25. But is that really the date of His birth? Admittedly, the Bible doesn't give us the precise day of Christ's birth--which is probably a good thing knowing our tendency to worship things rather than God. But there are some interesting hints that Christ's actual birth-date might well be another time than December 25.

In this message our pastor walks us through selected portions of Scripture in Luke 1 and 2 to narrow down the possible month of Christ's birth. Regardless of what precise day of the month Jesus' birth actually occurred, the important thing to remember is that He was born and He came right on schedule as was prophesied (Cf. Galatians 4:4).

So the modern day of celebrating Christmas, December 25, nonetheless can hold meaning and value, not because we celebrate Christmas, but because we celebrate the fact of Jesus' coming to earth--as Savior, Christ, the Lord!

NOTE: There is a downloadable pdf containing an Old Testament Jewish calendar that may be of help when following along with this Bible study.